Security News > 2017 > February > Cyber extortionists hold MySQL databases for ransom (Help Net Security)

Ransomware has become cyber crooks’ favorite attack methodology for hitting businesses, but not all cyber extortion attempts are effected with this particular type of malware. Since the beginning of the year, we have witnessed attackers compromising databases, exfiltrating data from them, wiping them and then asking for money (0.2 BTC) in order to return the data. They ransacked MongoDB, CouchDB and Hadoop databases, and now they’ve set MySQL databases in their sights. According to GuardiCore … More →

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